Danielle Frost was enrolled at BDC in Year 7 and sat for the HSC in 2016. Even though she started sketching at home as a child, her talent shone in her final year as her visual artwork “Momento Mori” gained 100%. Her artwork was selected for ArtExpress 2017, a prestigious exhibition of HSC Major Works in NSW and displayed in the Grafton Regional Gallery.

After several years of travelling and working, Danielle picked up art again and during the pandemic, shared a few sketches with friends and family on an Instagram page “Created By Deli”. As she says, “I still remember an offer I received from someone asking for a custom artwork. I charged them $40 for an artwork that took 8 hours. I just couldn’t believe someone wanted to purchase something I MADE!”. She left full time work to continue to grow her business in 2022.

Most of her portraits were of pets of which she sketched 200 in the first year along with a number of original artworks on canvas using pastel colours. At the end of 2022, Danielle had launched her retail business online and started to transfer her works into fine art prints. Early in 2023, a wonderful innovation of hers was selling extremely well; zodiac prints in bright colours capturing the market when they were released on her 24th birthday.

Since then, her series of “The Cocktail Collection” and “Holiday Often” have been very successful. She has been commissioned to paint murals both at private homes and at local businesses, like the one at Thrive Pilates in Coffs. Of late, Danielle captures special times such as weddings and enables loved ones and pets to live on through art.

“Created by Deli” was a finalist in the Australian Wedding Industry’s Top3 Award for the Mid North Coast and Northern Rivers earlier this year. Danielle has travelled Australia, is about to service 3 weddings in the famous little Vegas Chapel and aspires to sketch for a wedding in Como, Italy.

Congratulations Danielle on such a talented vocation, we wish you great success.

Take a look at her work at createdbydeli on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.